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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
STEAM MADE FROM OIL.
A New Invention in Railroad Locomo-
tion-A Successful Experiment

A New Invention in Railroad Locomo-
tion-A Successful Experiment.
PITTsBURa, June 49, The first tain
that ever ran, or attempted to run, west
of the Alleghanny mountains with crude
petroleum as the only fuel in its locomo-
tive tender and fire box, was mail train
west on the Pennsylvania railway,
that arrived in this city last night. 1t
came through from Altoona on time, and
it came without stick of timber or
scuttle of coal to make steam for its mo-
tor. The train was drawn by locomotive
No. 409, with Engineer Burbanks at
the throttle. There was an entire uni
formity of heat in the fire box, without
any stocking to make it. Pipes from 200
gallons of crude oil in the tank in the
tender did the business. The experiment
was complete success. Splendid time
was make, and there was no annoyance
from smoke or cinder. Experiments in
this line have been quietly progressing
under the Pennsylvania railroad auspices
at Altoona, but this is the first time a
long run to Pittsburg has been
attempted with only oil for
fuel. The process is the invention
of Russian scientist, and DR.. Dudley, of
the Altoona shops, and has been devel-
oping slowly but surely. A second sec
ton of the day express left this morning
| for the east with the same locomotive and
| final
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
Blood Will Tell.

There is no question about it-blood
will tell-especially if it be an impure
blood. Blotches, eruptions, pimples and
boils are all symptoms of an impure blood,
due to the improper action of the liver.
When this important organ fails to
properly perform its function of purify
ing and cleansing the blood impurities
are carried to all parts of the system, and
the symptoms above referred to are
merely the evidences of the struggle OF
nature to throw off the poisonous germs.
Unless her warning be needed in time
serious results are certain to follow,culmi-
mating in liver or kidney disorders, or
even in consumption. DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical discovery will prevent and cure
these diseases by restoring the liver to a
healthy condition.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23

he turned pale, and tried to think up
some long forgotten prayer.
"Done what?" said the dismal manipula-
tor of the lines, as the horse suddenly
brought himself to a stand still.
SCOT that line under his brush?"
"a horse amt got brush. It's a tail.
Now, the lines out. Where do you want
to go9"
Il want to go home" feebly articulated
the knight of the paste pot. Il want to
GO home, because if we don't therell be
half a dozen ooroners' inquests before
morning. Who the HI got up this ride,
anyhow! know l didn't"
The newspaper men, much crestfallen,
then returned home, without having in
iured themselves or others.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
THE RECENT DISASTER,
Later Particulars From the Burned
Steamer Champlain.

DETROIT, June 18.-The Evening Jour
nails Charlevoix special says: There were
ffty-seven persons, passengers and crew,
on the steamer Champlain, and of these but
twenty-seven are known to be saved. Capt.
Casey says that within ten minutes from
the time the fire broke out, the boat was
in flames. The captain gave immediate
orders for lowering the life boats, and he
started for Fisherman island. She
grounded mile from shore, however, and
the passengers were forced into the water.
Many of them in their excitement jumped
overheard. The books we're lost. The
clerk died of exhaustion after being
picked up, and it is doubtful If COM
plete list of the lost will ever be secured.
Miss Ella Wilson, of Petosky, says she was
let down by ropes into the water. She saw
gentleman clasp his little son in his
arms and jump overheard, both sank and
were not seen again.
| Miss Wilson and male companion
reached piece of the wreck to which they
chung until rescued by Captain Casey. W.
B. Albright, of Chicago, with Mr.. Rus
sell, of Jackson, jumped into the water
and struck out for shore. Russell became
chilled and discouraged, and turned
back. Albright saw no more of his COM
panion until he discovered his dead body
on the beach. Albright was rescued
after two hours, though he would have
been left to his fate had not a friend
recognized his voice and insisted upon his
being taken aboard, which was even then
loaded to the waters edge. The survivors
speak in the highest terms of the cool
ness, bravery and gallant conduct of
Captain Casey and his crew.
A full and complete list Of the victims
of the burning of the steamer Champlain
are as follows:
Ella Smith.
Robert Wilkes.
George Wrisley, of Charlevoix.
Mrs. M. Keho.
Harry Brennan.
One fireman.
Three seco9d cooks.
Jack Hartley.
Steward Bran's two children.
j. Rogers, U. s. surgeon and his son:
Ed. Wilkins, cabin boy, of Madison.
Captain Lucas, of Peters, Kentucky.
Mr.. @. H. Russell, of Jackson, Michigan
Mr.. and Mrs. Falk, of Harbor Springs
Four Indian deck hands.
: Twenty-Five lives are lost in all, and 81
were saved. The b Jdies of Mrs. Smith
, Captain Lucas, Rogers, Russell, Brennan
, Hartley, Wilkins, Wilkes, Wrisley and tne
| fireman, have been recovered. When the
fire broke out Captain Casey headed the
boat for a little island two miles distant
] but she struck reef and could go NJ
further.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
A Ride.

It was last afternoon. They were two
old. we'll known newspaper writers with
heavy mustacLes and guileless expressions.
They had a handsome turnout, and a
spirited animal. 1t was some other fell
lows. of course. One of them took hold
of the lines, while the other settled him
self and prepared for emergencies as he
suspiciously gazed at the pale, haggard
countenance of his companion who was
handling the ribbons in most inexplica-
ble manner, while the horse, not accus,
toned to such mysterious manipulations
was busy darting hither and thither.
'Now you've done it," he exclaimed, as
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
ALADDIN'S PALACE.
1t is Outdone by a Building Miracle in
Chicago,

1t is Outdone by a Building Miracle in
Chicago,
CHICAGO, June ia local paper says
Aladdin's wonderful palace has been
outdone right here in Chicago. The late
corner IN wheat is responsible for the
miracle and its owner is the elevator
man. When this history of the matter
reaches the eye of Joe Wiltshire,
ct. al, of Cincinnati, they will register
their final vow never again
to attempt to corner the Chicago wheat
market on the basis of its regular
storage capacity. Besides the tracks Of
the st. Paulroad, there stands to-day, and
stood yesterday, complete in every de-
tail, an elevator of 100000
bushels capacity, where the first
day of June there was only hole in the
ground. 1t was built from the foundation
to the rooftree in fourteen working days.
Yesterday, the sixteenth day from the
commencement of the foundation, 10000
bushels of wheat were placed in one of its
bins.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
LANDED.

LANDED.
ST. LOUIS, June 18.-A telegram to the
Post-Dispatch, from the World balloon.
correspondent, Duffy, says they were com
PEELED to land at Hoffman, Clinton county,
Illinois, near Centralia, at S:15 last night
because of the giving out of the gas.
The World and Post-Dispatoh balloon
attained height of 10000 feet above the
surface of the earth yesterday at $500 p.
M, according to markings of the instru-
ments of the United States signal service
officer, Hazen, who was one of the four in
the car. This Is the highest on record in
America. At this point the thermometer
marked $40 Farenheit. Correspondents
Duffy says it seemed very cold, coming
from heat of 95e in the shade
an hour before. The air ship
left the earth as if reluctant to go, but
once on its voyage upward, it gained
speed rapidly and was quickly among the
fleecy clouds which partially obscured the
earth as thick veil.
Daughtery is photographing the earth I;
Duffy is writing his sketch; Hazen looks
up from his instrument amazed and sees
Moore, the aeronaut, helpless, the loss of
blood from his injury having rem
dered him senseless. Hazen sings
out, "We're going too fast"
There is much excitement, but it Gains in
minute, for the instrument records
falling. Again the signal officer gives
warning: "We're falling dreaduflly" and
losses out handful of circulars" They
shoot upward. Moore, half aroused,
realized the peril, and called out to drop
ballast. The sand falls SCARCELY faster
than the car, and the earth seems to fly
houses spread out as vast map, grow
ing terribly clearer each minute. Moore
sings out:
Something's wrong, boys. five don't
stop here we are lost"
Ten thousand feet from the earth, and
still tumbling madly; 1000, and the drag
rope touches the earth; at 1000 the balloon
skins along, falling no more, the 5000
feet of drag rope resting on the earth
gave them relief. More ballast was thrown
out and the air ship again assembled, this
time to 5000 feet. The aeronaut theI
notice that the bag was sagging, and an
nounced that landing insult be made.
When within few hundred feet o
land the drag rope skinned along the
earth making trail for four miles, ant
in its wake followed crowd of natives
Several times they caught the rope ant
were hurled roughly to the ground
On August PALMS farm, seven miles frou
Centralia, Ills, his sturdy wife gave tn
rope several turns around al
apple tree and brought the monster NJ
with a jerk. The wind caught the fold
of the balloon, and it scared like a kit
for an hour. The farmers wife tugged a
the rope, and when the aeronaut pulle
the rip cord to his amazement he foun
it already loose, and they say this was tn
cause of the fearful fall so nearly disastrou
to the occupants of the air ship. Tn
carrier pigeons that were released fror
the balloon at 1000 feet altitude, have ap
peared at their homes. Mr.. Hazen RI
ports the voyage success. The balloon
will be brought back to the city, and al
rangements are now being made for an
another ascent,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
LABOR INCENDIARIEs.
Agitators Making Trouble for the Farm
ers in South Carolina.

0rb III OOubh OhrOlihus
COLUMBIA, s. c., June 18.-Labor agi-
tators and incendiaries, like Hoover, who
was recently shot in Georgia, are at work
in the northern portion of this state,
creating trouble between land owners and
colored laborers. Operatives in
Fishing Greek cotton factory, Joined
the labor agitators secretly, and attempted
to dictate terms, but were immediately
discharged. Ignorant farm laborers are
being worked upon. A strike at this
time would be disastrous to the farmers,
and mass meeting of some
of the leading farmers in Ches-
ter, York and Lancaster counties
has been held to denounce the agitators
and warn them to desist from their in
cendiary teachings. A committee of de-
termined citizens was appointed to warn
the disturbers. II the warning is not
needed force will be used.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
Another Failure.

CHICAGO, June 18.-The firm OF r. II.
Labaugh q Co., board of trade commits
sion merchants, failed this afternoon. The
firm is quite large one, and the amount
of the failure is probably between $4,000
and $4,000, and is direct result of the
break of the wheat corner.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23

Prickly Ash Bitters is an unfailing cure
for all diseases originating in hillary de.
rangements caused by the malaria OF
miasmatic countries. No other medicine
now on sale will 80 effcctually remove the
disturbing elements, and at the same time
tone up the whole system. 1t is sure and
safe in its action.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
To dream of a ponderous whale,
Erect on the tip of his tail,
Is the sign of storm
If the weather is warm.
Ut IHt WtdIUtI 10 WI N
Unless il ehould happen to fail

Unless IL should happen total.
Dreams don't amount to much, anyhow
Some signs, however, are infallible. If
you are constipated, with no appetite,
tortured with sick headache and bilious
symptoms, these signs indicate that you
need DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pei
let's. They will cure you. All druggists.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23

There must be some punishment IN the
dim hereafter for the man who can't sing
and will sing.-Baltimor American.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23

When all so-called remedies fail, DR..
Saue,s Catarrh Remedy cures.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
AERONAUTS.
The World snd Post Dispatch Bal
loon Descends and Lands
In Illinois.
Sensational Incidents of a Journey
10000 Feet Above the
Earth.

DETROIT June 1S.-The World ballon
which left st. Louis yesterday afternoon,
passed over this city about 1890 last
night. When last seen at one o'clock,
balloon was going west or northwest.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23

If afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23

An electric wire gave the death shock to
q bow at Boston on Tuesday night.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
4 SCIENTIFIC fCCOUNTfN7

Is always well paid for his services.
An ACCOMPLISHED Shorthand Writer and
operator on the Typewriter, is well paid and in de-
mand.
YOUNG LADIES and gentlemen are now train
ing for these services at the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23

Several teachers are taking COURSE at this
practical and thorough school Write for circular.
]. j. ANDERSON,
Austin, Texas:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23

Milletts opera house was filled Saturday
night with the relatives and friends of the
pupils in attendance at Professor Bickler's
academy, to witness the closing exercises
of that institution. The boys in their
declamatiuns showed excellent results of
good training, and the musical choruses
were we'll rendered. instrumental music
was Furnished by Professor Herzog's
orchestra with Miss Pfaetfiin as accom-
PIANIST on the piano. The programme in
full was as follows:
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-15
to be the right place.

to be the right place.
Some addresses are found in the most ar
bitrary way imaginable. Aletter addressed to
1851 Anne ST., New Jersey,
would have had a mighty Door chance OF
reaching its destination had it not been
known in the office that Camden is the only
city in that state, out OF eight that have
Anne streets, where the numbers run as high
as 1851. The only Virginia street in New
York state is in Buffalo. The only Scher-
merhorn street in the United States is in
Brooklyn; the only Hopper street in the
United States is in Utica. knc=.casa of
these facts has saved many u letter from
destruction. OF course a knowledge of
foreign languages is a necessity with many of
the employees of the dead letter office A let
ter came there the other day addressed to
Cuyo Hueso, Fla.
This caused a good deal of study until a clerk
who knew Spanish looked at it and recog-
nized it as Castilian for Key West
The work on this kind of mail is called
"blind readirg,' and most of it is done by
Mrs. Collins, probably the best expert who
has ever held a desk in the office. None Of
the letters handled by the ;blind readers" are
opened unless it Is absolutely necessary.
The specimens given above are only a
10" u the '',olo ieturieu uioPeneo uuiiIlS
the past year to the senders who incorrectly
addressed them. Unjust be remembered that
there is a good deal of foreign dead mail mat
ter handled in the work of the office. Last
year 1857 ,963 pieces of such matter was sent to
the countries from which it came. The diff
Guilty found in sending foreign dead letters to
the proper addresses in this country can be
appreciated from the fact that but 1886
pieces of this kind of mail could be forwarded
to correct addresses in this country. Other
countries returned to the dead letter office
during the year 204,0 900 letters and parcels
originating in this country. Only 5 per
cent. of all the mail matter handled in the
office is actually destroyed because nobody
can be found to claim it. No letter contain
ing a valuable Enclosure is ever destroyed.
j. A. TRUEsDELL.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-15

The first, perhaps the most interesting.
thing you see about the dead lettsr Office is
the museum. Such q collection of curiosities
was perhaps never anywhere else gotten to-
gether. Nothing SO much resembles it as the
exhibition of the handkerchief the inmates
Of a lunatic asylum. Here are put in glass
cases a thousand and one things that cannot
be returned to their owners. There are a
dozen bottles of snakes preserved in alcohol.
the reptiles having been sent through the
mail alive. Lizards, horned toads, butter
flies, mice, and on one occasion even a live
canary, have found their way to the dead
letter office. Here are collections Of all
sorts. There is a large case of coins, in which
nearly every rare coin, both ancient and
modern, known to numismaties is to be seen.
The cowboy OF the west could easily equip
himself out of this museum. There are re-
voiyers of every pattern conceivable, bull
dogs, SELF cookers, six shooters, Colts, der
ringers, vest pockets, to say nothing of pocket
rifles and rifle canes. or hunting knives and
daggers there are enough to stock a frontier
Quitting store. There are tools, chisels.
hatchets, hammers, buck saws, planes. Even
a grocer could make a pretty handsome start
with what is to be found in this museum. He
would have big boxes of ~raisins, figs, Jars of
honey. cans OF baking powder and other
things too numerous to mention. The guam
tity Of fancy work in the way of things that
women crochet, knit, paint, embroider, patch,
quilt, and in a hundred other ingenious WAYS
devise, would make a fortune for a church
fair. Here are swords, flags, skulls, boxes Of
cigars, packages of tobacco, gold rings, pins,
bracelets, steel traps, jack knives, bibles, por-
traits, some of them hand painted and a cent
ury old. In short, all sorts and kinds of
things. AL
The main office is a huge room two stories
high, with an iron gallery, reached by spiral
stair, running around its four sides. Here
sit at long tables the clerks vino open and
classify the letters. Here the aim of every.
body is to clear up the days work and keep
even with the $4,000 dead letters that are re-
ceived daily. Ten thousand letters every day
arc opened and sent back to the senders.
Last year in this room there was found in
dead letters over 81. $780, 900 in cash, drafts,
checks and money orders, which but for the
skill and honesty Of these clerks would hardly
have gone lack to thu owners through whose !
carelessiiess " was lost Tons upon tons OF |
~ IA AN
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Acsspe, Pushing and xset.abie.

AC"tpe5 HTWtWV una khgttNOIe.
Pnrdy d Brecht can always be relied
upon, not only TO carry in stock the purest
best goods and sustain the reputation of
being active, pushing and reliable, by
Recommending articles with well estab-
lished merit and such as are popular.
Having the Agency for the celebrated DIR.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
colds and coughs. will sell it on a positive
guarantee. 1t will surely cure any and
every affection of Throat, Lungs and Chest
and in order to prove our claim, we ask
you to call and get a trial Bottle free.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-15

This letter bore a five cent stamp. The In
ference of course was that it was destined for
some foreign place. 1t was sent to Tunbridge,
Wales. which was where the writer intended
it TO go.
n eday a letter came to the office marked:
MIR. Thomas Madden, st. Francis River, Ark.
In care of bridge Watchman.
There is no such place as ST. Francis River
in Arkansas, and while The handwriting Of
this address was quite legible and neat, it
seemed impossible to say where this letter
should go. There is a st. Francis river in
Arkansas, which is three or four hundred
miles long. Where the Memphis and Missouri
River railroad crosses it there is q notably
long bridge The letter was sent to a watch
inan on this bridge at a venture. It proved
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-15

parcels are opened here daily. Just before
Christmas an immense amount of this kind
or mail matter is received. 1t comes mainly
from New York city, and consists of matter
sent by foreigners living in this country to
their friends in the old country. The senders
are usually ignorant people, who do not know
that the Things they are sending hack to the
Old home are dutiable in the country to which
they are going, and SO their packages quickly
find their way to the dead letter office. These
thing are sorted out and packed away in the
long, dark storage rooms in the basement, all
properly classified and accounted for. At
the end of the year they are sold at public
auction, and an account kept of the proceeds
OF the sale, so that if at any time the owners
can identify the package. the government will
pay him exactly the sum which the article
brought at the auction. Down in these
vaults there are stored away, like Egyptian
mummies awaiting the last trump, over three
tons OF photographs and daguerreotypes. In
the year S1,675 worth of postage stamps was
received in dead letters and destroyed. There
were received 10000 magazines, illustrated
papers and Christmas cards, all of which
were given to charitable institutions in WASH
ington, as they could not be restored to the
owners.
No letters are opened unless it is necessary
to do so to find out where they came from.
Between $4,000 and so 1000 letters are returned
each year unopened, when to tho ordinary
observer they seem utterly unintelligible in
their addresses. Some Of these are very in
teresting. For instance, the following letter
is received:
Mr.. Mark Smith, Riscing Sun, Boulder Co., Colo
RADIO.
AS there is no such Office in Colorado as
Rising Sun, but is a place called Sunshine in
Boulder county, the letter is sent there and
finds Mr.. Mark Smith promptly.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-15

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-of the So DOC, 600
people in the United States, one-tenth every
year are made aware of the presence in Wash
Ington of the dead letter office by receiving
letters bearing its ominous, triangular stamp.
Perhaps, of these $4,000, doom moi over one-tenth
ever visited Washington. But of those who